Celtics Face Road as Underdogs in Game 3 of NBA Finals

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00:00Dallas a two and a half point home favorite tonight in game

00:06number three. The total at 212 and a hook to see the Mavs as a

00:10home favorite in the NBA final should not be shocking. Dallas

00:14eight home games throughout this postseason run five and three

00:17straight up four and four against the spread. All eight

00:21booked as a favorite, but this is the first time now in what

00:24is going to be their 17th playoff game. The Celtics have

00:28been an underdog in this postseason. Just this is just

00:32the fourth time in what will be their 99th game of this NBA

00:36season. Overall, the Celtics are booked as an underdog. What

00:41do you make of the numbers ahead of game three tonight? I

00:44think the numbers make some sense. Let's also take a look

00:47at the traveling of this line minus one and a half now up to

00:49minus two and a half and yes, some of that has to do with a

00:52couple day layoff. The must win scenario for the Dallas

00:54Mavericks and the uncertainty behind Chris Epps Porzingis and

00:57what that injury actually means. We wouldn't be caring

01:00about that injury all that much if it was a two zero series

01:02lead or Porzingis hasn't come back yet into the NBA finals

01:05and maybe he was lurking for game number three, but also

01:08taking a look at the betting statistics at the FanDuel

01:10Sportsbook. 54% of the wagers coming in on the Dallas

01:14Mavericks. So a slight public lean there, but how about this

01:17Ben 68% of the money also on the Dallas Mavericks. So the

01:21line moving in the right direction one and a half to two

01:23and a half more bets coming in on Dallas more money coming in

01:26on Dallas that does make some sense and also right when that

01:29game ended on game number two, you thought think to yourself

01:32this doesn't look like it's going to be a very long series

01:34and we don't know if it's getting back to you know, the

01:36Celtics to even play in a game in TD Garden, but I was always

01:39under the impression. I really liked the Dallas Mavericks in

01:42game number two. Now they pushed on the cover of plus

01:44seven. I like again the Dallas Mavericks in game number three.

01:47I think this is the game they win because the one thing we

01:49can understand. Hey close loss in game number three get him a

01:52game number four. It doesn't work like that. The series is

01:55basically over at that point. They have to win tonight and

01:58some things are moving in the right direction. We understand.

02:00Hey, look at this injury information on Boston one thing,

02:03but also in the Dallas Mavericks getting a knee

02:05injection to your MVP candidate here who says, you know what?

02:08I've been dealing with this for a while. I should be okay. I

02:11don't feel like I'm getting any of that nervousness by saying

02:13hey, there's an alert mid-afternoon downgrade on

02:15Luka. Don't you cheer as long as you don't get that. I think

02:18we're comfortable with the Mavericks that having a solid

02:20effort at home. The B players play better and the superstars

02:23like Kyrie Irving show up for this one.

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